DRUG TESTING

Los Angeles: Singers Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik of the "One Direction" band may be forced to undergo a drug test before their performance in the Philippines.
The group are due to play for two days at the Asia Concert Grounds starting on March 21 as part of their "On...

London: Wimbledon champion Andy Murray was held up on his way to receive an OBE at Buckingham Palace by a random drugs test on Thursday.
The Scot, who was to receive the honour from Prince William, got an unexpected knock on the door just as he was sprucing himself up for...

Wellington: New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has been suspended for six months for failing a doping test for banned stimulants he claimed he took in a supplement to help him lose weight, the country's top sports tribunal said on Tuesday.
Ryder returned a positive sample after being tested following a match...

Srinagar: As many as 24 medicines currently available in the hospitals and chemist shops across Jammu and Kashmir have been declared as "substandard" by two premier drug testing laboratories of the country. Central Drugs Laboratory, Kolkata and Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory, Chandigarh had analysed 156 samples drawn by drug inspectors...

Chandigarh: India's Olympic champion Vijender Singh, who consumed heroin as many as 12 times according to the police, on Wednesday underwent National AntiDoping Agency's (NADA) drug test but was not put through the hair follicle test, which is the main indicator of heroin. NADA, who had earlier refused to test...

"We strongly suspect that my sons report may have been interchanged with someone. It may be unintentional, but anything can happen in this country," said Pradeep, an assistant subinspector from Jalandhar.
"We wonder why it took two months to make the report public. The forensic department, where the samples were sent,...

New Delhi: Almost two months after a Parliament Standing Committee raised an alarm on untested drugs, it has been found that they are still being freely sold in the market. The shocking findings of the Parliament committee had put a huge question mark on the credibility of the Central Drug...

Madrid: Rafael Nadal says he underwent a surprise doping test toward the end of a week in which the Spaniard was at the center of jokes made by a French TV programme about his country's alleged ties to doping.
Nadal wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday: "8:30 in the morning!!!Just...

Rome: Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro was cleared of doping on Monday after failing a drugs test following treatment for an insect sting, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said.
"(CONI's antidoping tribunal) has dropped proceedings against Fabio Cannavaro, considering wellfounded the prosecutor's request for them to be dropped," read a statement...

Rome: Italy's national team captain Fabio Cannavaro failed a drug test in September but could escape sanction as an antiallergy treatment could have caused him to test positive.
Italian media reported late on Thursday that Juventus, which Cannavaro joined in the summer, alerted the National Olympic committee (CONI) that the veteran...

Mumbai: Weightlifter Kavita Devi has been banned for two years after failing a drugs test, India's weightlifting chief said on Monday.
Kavita, who competes in the women's 75kg, was hauled back from last month's Asian championships in Japan after the Indian weightlifting federation learned she had tested positive for a...

North Carolina (USA): Triple Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones has failed an initial doping test, a source familiar with the test said.
The positive test of Jones's A sample occurred at the June US championships in Indianapolis, the source, who did not wish to be identified, said.
US media reported the bloodboosting...